Brain modelling for biomedicine and ict

A.A. 2023/2024
6
Crediti massimi
48
Ore totali
SSD
BIO/09
Lingua
Inglese
Obiettivi formativi
Aim of the course are: a) to understand how neuroscientific knowledge and methods can inspire AI methods, and vice versa (physiologically-informed AI models); b) to learn computational techniques for modeling biological neural networks and understanding the brain and its function (in healthy or disease states) through a variety of theoretical constructs and computer science analogies; c) to explore neural information processing at "network level", in developing quantitative models, as well as in formalizing new paradigms of computation and data representation
Risultati apprendimento attesi
Students will learn the principles to build neural models of brain structures, able to embed multi-scale information, from single neuron functional mechanisms to microcircuits, till the generation of high-level functional behaviors. The students are expected to learn how to use large-scale neurocomputational models and brain-inspired neural networks and AI to simulate specific physio-pathological perceptual and motor circuits (e.g. Brain Digital Twin). The students will see also possible ICT applications of these physiologically-informed AI models.
Corso singolo

Questo insegnamento può essere seguito come corso singolo.

Programma e organizzazione didattica

Edizione unica

Periodo
Secondo semestre

Programma
Different neural representations; neural coding/decoding and computation; Neurons: advanced biophysical modeling and computer simulation techniques; Synapse models; Synaptic plasticity, Hebbian learning; biologically plausible neural networks, spiking neural networks ; multi-scale systems of networks; network structure and function; Connectivity and dynamics of neural information processing; information flows in the brain; system neuroscience in perceptual, cognitive and motor tasks (architectures, learning rules and objective functions in the brain); neural correlates of tasks; Brain-Inspired Artificial Intelligence.
Prerequisiti
A basic knowledge in "neurophysiology/neuroscience" is required.
A basic knowledge in "programming" and "dynamical systems" is required.
Metodi didattici
The course will be made up of lectures, integrated with seminars, hands-on laboratories with computational tools.
Materiale di riferimento
- Churchland, P.S. & Sejnowski T.J. 1994. The Computational Brain (Computational Neuroscience Series)
- Dayan, P. & Abbott, L.F. 2005. Theoretical Neuroscience: Computational and Mathematical Modeling of Neural Systems
- Rabinovich, M.I. & Friston, K. & Varona, P. 2012. Principles of Brain Dynamics
- Robert Kozma et al; 2018/2023. Artificial Intelligence in the Age of Neural Networks and Brain Computing.

More details will be indicated during the course.
Modalità di verifica dell’apprendimento e criteri di valutazione
The examination foresees written and oral parts.
BIO/09 - FISIOLOGIA - CFU: 6
Lezioni: 48 ore
Docenti: Benozzo Danilo, Masoli Stefano